Standard Project Report 2015

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1 Standard Project Report 2015 Reporting Period: 1 January - 31 December 2015 WEST AFRICA (DAKAR) Providing life-saving support to households in Cameroon, Chad and Niger directly affected by insecurity in northern Nigeria Project Number Project Category Regional EMOP Overall Planned Beneficiaries 555,000 Planned Beneficiaries in ,000 Total Beneficiaries in ,638 Regional EM Senegal 2015.gif Project Approval Date 31 Dec 2014 Planned Start Date 01 Jan 2015 Actual Start Date 01 Jan 2015 Project End Date 31 Dec 2016 Financial Closure Date n.a. Approved budget as 31 December 2015 in USD Capacity Dev.t and Augmentation 4,439,591 Cash--based Transfer and Related Costs 22,418,685 Direct Support Costs 28,464,301 Food and Related Costs 128,397,236 Indirect Support Costs 12,860,387 Total Approved Budget 196,580,200 Commodities Metric Tonnes Total Approved Commodities 129,498 Planned Commodities in ,727 Actual Commodities in ,587

2 Operational SPR COUNTRY OVERVIEW TABLE OF CONTENTS COUNTRY BACKGROUND SUMMARY OF WFP ASSISTANCE OPERATIONAL SPR OPERATIONAL OBJECTIVES AND RELEVANCE RESULTS Beneficiaries, Targeting and Distribution 'Story Worth Telling' Progress Towards Gender Equality Protection and Accountability to Affected Population Outputs Outcomes Sustainability, Capacity Development and Handover INPUTS Resource Inputs Food Purchases and in-kind Receipts Food Transport, Delivery and Handling Post-Delivery Losses MANAGEMENT Partnerships Lessons Learned OPERATIONAL STATISTICS (where applicable) Annex: Resource Inputs from Donors Annex: Food Transport, Delivery and Handling Annex: Commodity Transactions Contribution & Expenditure as a Proportion of Budget Project Overview Project Detail by Contribution Status of Contributions Receivable

3 Operational SPR OPERATIONAL OBJECTIVES AND RELEVANCE Since early 2013, returnee and refugee populations have been fleeing northern Nigeria across land and water borders to Cameroon, Chad and Niger. In the beginning of 2014, numbers were relatively low and populations were supported under WFP or partner existing activities. However, growing insecurity in 2014 led to important peaks in arrivals, in particular in August, bringing the need to activate a regional response. The continuation of widespread violence in Northeastern Nigeria and neighboring countries has caused massive population movements in the four Lake Chad Basin Countries with destruction of livelihoods and assets. As the tensions in northern Nigeria intensified through 2015, there was a sharp increase in population displacement which further deprived chronically poor areas. Border countries therefore continued to support refugees, returnees, vulnerable host populations and internally displaced persons (IDPs) affected by the crisis. Insecurity, displacement, disrupted agricultural activities, and cross border trade, which further undermined communities' livelihoods and led to a limited access to and availability of food. The disruption of farming activities in Cameroon, of trade and local farming in Chad and of the export of fish and livestock in Niger all contributed to an increasing level of food insecurity in the region. By mid-october 2015, more than 4.7 million people were in moderate and severe food insecurity in Cameroon, Chad and Niger as well as Nigeria, the heart of the crisis. In this context, in which the crisis has exacerbated the food insecurity of IDPs, refugees, returnees, and has greatly affected the coping strategies of local populations, the regional EMOP seeks to address these critical food and nutrition needs in the three Lake Chad Basin Countries (LCBC) of Cameroon, Chad and Niger. In Nigeria, as of September 2015, WFP signed memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to provide capacity strengthening to their response to the crisis in the North East. Specifically, the EMOP aims to: (i) Ensure the food needs of crisis-affected populations through flexible and context-specific responses; (ii) Stabilize the nutrition situation of crisis-affected children through robust prevention programmes adapted to nutrition indicators of population groups; In line with the WFP Strategic Plan, the project contributes to Strategic Objective 1, "Save lives and protect livelihoods in emergencies." Launched in January 2015, the regional emergency operation for the Lac Chad Basin supports populations displaced by the insecurity in northern Nigeria by the Boko Haram crisis. WFP has scaled up its operations throughout the year in response to multiple population movements resulting from cross-border attacks. Under this EMOP, in response to rising food insecurity, malnutrition risks and continued displacement in the Lake Chad Basin, WFP aims at providing equitable assistance to the women and men within the refugee, IDP and local communities. Special efforts were made to provide a dedicated attention to gender considerations, in particular raising awareness to reduce the risk of sexual and gender-based violence in border areas and camps. In Nigeria, in line with the MoU and in order to enable a hands on support by experienced WFP staff, WFP set up a base in Borno and Yobe Northern Nigerian states. Technical workshops on emergency management capacities were delivered to participants from national and state emergency agencies and partners. WFP also supported the roll-out of the Cadre Harmonise regional food security classification framework in Nigeria. At the request of the Humanitarian Coordinator, in mid-2015 WFP launched United Nations Humanitarian Air Services (UNHAS) connecting humanitarian responders to the capital and northern states.

4 RESULTS Beneficiaries, Targeting and Distribution The geographic targeting and emergency focus of this regional operation ensured no duplication with activities ongoing under parallel resilience-building and development operations. Rather, the project was designed to recognize the complementarity and linkages with other in-country WFP operations. Parallel operations played an important role in stabilizing tensions and in ensuring equal access to malnutrition treatment services, schooling, and safety net programmes for displaced and local populations alike. Across the three receiving countries the situation was exacerbated by a highly volatile and insecure operating environment. In Niger, the increasing influx of displaced populations exacerbated the consequences generated by the lean season while from June to September 2015, WFP carried out its country wide lean season response. WFP maintained the lean season part of the response under the Protracted Relief and Recovery Operations (PRRO). However, it continued to assist some 30,000 people under the EMOP, in and-out of the camps during the four-month lean season period, keeping a standby capacity in place to respond to new arrivals. In Niger, recognizing the varied composition of migration flow into the region, WFP used the Household Economy Analysis (HEA) socio-economic targeting methodology to ensure that beneficiaries were targeted based on vulnerability and not on status. All outside camp populations were included in this exercise, including IDPs, refugees, returnees and host populations. This ensured that the most vulnerable households (without able bodies and female headed households) within different categories in need of food security, received assistance under the EMOP. In the Diffa region, WFP supported 5,000 refugees in the refugee camps through monthly food distributions. Some 78,760 refugees, displaced populations (returnee and IDPs) and vulnerable host communities were assisted through general food distributions outside of the camp setting. The food security response was linked from the start to WFP's blanket feeding activity in an effort to ensure that the most vulnerable children aged 6-59 months and pregnant women and nursing mothers (PWNM) receive the micronutrient and caloric value to prevent an increase in malnutrition and mortality. As a result of the increased pressure on food stocks and competition for resources in the region due to the continued influx, host communities came under pressure and were included under the regional strategy to ensure that their most basic food needs were met. In Niger, WFP assisted 21,500 children from 6 to 59 months through the distribution of a blanket supplementary feeding (BSF) ration of 200g Super Cereal Plus and 6,371 pregnant women and nursing mothers through a distribution of blanket feeding ration of 250g Super Cereal and 25g of Oil. The nutritional package included active screening for malnutrition in children aged 6-59 months, nutrition and hygiene education and referrals. Targeted supplementary feeding (TSF) treatment for moderate acute malnutrition in the Diffa region was maintained under the PRRO (Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation) response, with the exception of TSF activities in the Sayam Forage refugee camp funded by this EMOP. Great efforts were made to ensure the delivery of nutrition commodities to the camp enabling the treatment of moderately malnourished children and women to prevent an increase in malnutrition rates within camp settings.

5 In the beginning of January 2015, the Lac region in Chad received significant numbers of returnee and refugee populations fleeing northern Nigeria for whom a dedicated site was created. WFP provided food assistance to these refugees and returnees through monthly general food distributions. The entitlements consisted of cereals, pulses, vegetable oil and salt. This assistance was initially provided by WFP through its PRRO From September 2015 onwards in Chad, food assistance was provided to these target groups through this regional EMOP. As per the conclusions of local market monitoring activities carried out by WFP in Chad, the economic disruption resulting from the insecurity and borders closure had a substantial impact on local markets, which pushed WFP to delay the launch of the cash and voucher component of this operation. As a result of this, commodity-based assistance was provided to refugees and out of camp populations. Due to the high levels of insecurity, distributions also became increasingly difficult. The increase in the number of internally displaced populations that previously resided in the islands and lakeshore of the Lac Region, led to the relocation of these populations in 18 identified sites across this region. They were also provided with an emergency food entitlement made of cereals, pulses, vegetable oil and salt. Due to pipeline breaks in specialized nutritional commodities, initially planned blanket supplementary feeding activities targeting refugee and displaced children under 5 in the Lac region, were carried out under the PRRO rather than under the regional EMOP. In Cameroon, during the initial phase of the operation, resource constraints forced WFP to prioritize food support to refugees only. However, as new resources were secured, assistance was gradually expanded to IDPs from April and host populations as of June. WFP managed to scale up assistance reaching nearly 100 percent of the targeted beneficiaries towards the end of the year. Food support was provided on a continuous basis to all Nigerian refuges in the Minawao camp. Great efforts were made to provide complete food baskets while incorporating new arrivals at each round of food distributions. WFP launched a Blanket Supplementary Feeding Programme (BSFP) in Minawao refugee camp to prevent a deterioration of an already precarious nutrition situation. From February to August, children 6-59 months and pregnant and lactating women (PLW) were targeted. As the nutrition situation improved in the camp, BSFP was revised to account for children 6-23 months only. Resource constrains prevented WFP's efforts to extend this programme to IDPs and host populations as planned. The Targeted Supplementary Feeding Programme (TSFP) provided treatment for children under 5 and PLW suffering from Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM). The programme targeted Nigerian refugees, IDPs and local populations in the affected areas. WFP significantly augmented support through the year, expanding assistance from 47 to 186 health centers across the region. Intensifying insecurity and access restrictions hampered regular supply to remote areas and several health facilities were closed down due to insecurity.

6 v Beneficiary Category Cameroon Planned Actual % Actual v. Planned Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total 2 Number of adults 21,440 23,794 45,234 14,757 23,441 38, % 98.5% 84.4% v Number of children 5 to 18 years of age 38,521 42,748 81,269 39,768 44,132 83, % 103.2% 103.2% Number of children below 5 years of age 56,168 62, ,497 32,232 35,768 68, % 57.4% 57.4% Total number of beneficiaries in , , ,000 86, , , % 80.2% 77.6% The total number of beneficiaries includes all targeted persons who were provided with WFP food during the reporting period - either as a recipient/participant in one or more of the following groups, or from a household food ration distributed to one of these recipients/participants Niger 2 Number of adults 16,848 29,952 46,800 36,615 35,358 71, % 118.0% 153.8% v Number of children 5 to 18 years of age 21,216 20,384 41,600 19,578 18,908 38, % 92.8% 92.5% Number of children below 5 years of age 21,216 20,384 41,600 12,382 12,952 25, % 63.5% 60.9% Total number of beneficiaries in ,280 70, ,000 68,575 67, , % 95.0% 104.5% The total number of beneficiaries includes all targeted persons who were provided with WFP food during the reporting period - either as a recipient/participant in one or more of the following groups, or from a household food ration distributed to one of these recipients/participants Chad 2 Number of adults 40,400 41,381 81,781 36,527 37,415 73, % 90.4% 90.4% Number of children 5 to 18 years of age 30,541 31,283 61,824 27,614 28,284 55, % 90.4% 90.4% Number of children below 5 years of age 17,979 18,416 36,395 16,256 16,651 32, % 90.4% 90.4% Total number of beneficiaries in ,920 91, ,000 80,397 82, , % 90.4% 90.4% The total number of beneficiaries includes all targeted persons who were provided with WFP food during the reporting period - either as a recipient/participant in one or more of the following groups, or from a household food ration distributed to one of these recipients/participants

7 v Beneficiary Category Cameroon Planned Actual % Actual v. Planned Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total 2 Internally Displaced Persons 37,920 42,080 80,000 39,328 40,526 79, % 96.3% 99.8% v 2 v Children 24 to 59 months given food under blanket supplementary feeding (prevention of acute malnutrition) 17,189 17,716 34,905 3,581 3,691 7, % 20.8% 20.8% Pregnant and lactating women participating in blanket supplementary feeding (prevention of moderate acute malnutrition) 5,760 5,760 1,038 1, % 18.0% Beneficiaries of General food distribution (GFD)/ targeted food distribution/assistance (GFD-TFD/A) 71,412 73, ,000 73,787 76, , % 103.3% 103.3% Refugees 21,285 23,715 45,000 24,609 25,359 49, % 106.9% 111.0% Children 24 to 59 months given food under supplementary feeding (treatment for moderate malnutrition) 13,756 13,349 27,105 16,341 16,839 33, % 126.1% 122.4% Children 6 to 23 months given food under blanket supplementary feeding (prevention of acute malnutrition) 9,256 9,539 18,795 1,929 1,988 3, % 20.8% 20.8% Children 6 to 23 months given food under supplementary feeding (treatment for moderate malnutrition) 7,188 7,407 14,595 8,799 9,067 17, % 122.4% 122.4% Pregnant and lactating women participating in targeted supplementary feeding (treatment for moderate acute malnutrition) 8,800 8,800 29,589 29, % 336.2% Niger Children 24 to 59 months given food under blanket supplementary feeding (prevention of acute malnutrition) 3,907 4,167 8,074 3,339 3,545 6, % 85.1% 85.3% Pregnant and lactating women participating in blanket supplementary feeding (prevention of moderate acute malnutrition) 0 0 6,371 6, Beneficiaries of General food distribution (GFD)/ targeted food distribution/assistance (GFD-TFD/A) 65,650 64, ,000 68,575 67, , % 104.5% 104.5% Refugees 20,200 19,800 40,000 17,929 17,574 35, % 88.8% 88.8% Children 6 to 23 months given food under blanket supplementary feeding (prevention of acute malnutrition) 8,855 9,115 17,970 7,094 7,532 14, % 82.6% 81.4% Returnees 27,775 27,225 55,000 50,646 49, , % 182.3% 182.3% Chad 2 Internally Displaced Persons 12,500 12,500 25,000 35,787 36,657 72, % 293.3% 289.8% Beneficiaries of General food distribution (GFD)/ targeted food distribution/assistance (GFD-TFD/A) 69,123 70, ,000 80,396 82, , % 116.2% 116.2% Refugees 7,410 7,590 15,000 2,571 2,634 5, % 34.7% 34.7% Children receiving school meals Children 6 to 23 months given food under blanket supplementary feeding (prevention of acute malnutrition) 2,964 3,036 6, % 0.0% 0.0% Cash-Based Transfer Beneficiaries 19,910 20,090 40, % 0.0% 0.0%

8 Commodity Distribution Commodity Cameroon Planned Distribution (mt) Actual Distribution (mt) % Actual v. Planned Beans % Corn-soya Blend (csb) 3,060 1, % Iodised Salt % Ready To Use Supplementary Food % Rice 22,680 14, % Split Peas 3,645 1, % Sugar % Vegetable Oil 1, % Niger Sum 31,984 18, % Beans 3,324 1, % Bulgur Wheat Corn-soya Blend (csb) 2,384 1, % Iodised Salt % Lentils Ready To Use Supplementary Food % Rice 2,356 2, % Sorghum/millet 13,595 8, % Split Peas ,130.2% Vegetable Oil % Chad Sum 22,633 15, % Corn-soya Blend (csb) % Lentils 325 Maize % Rice 5,452 1, % Sorghum/millet 2,111 1, % Split Peas % Vegetable Oil % Sum 10,110 4, % Total for ,727 39, % Cash-Based Transfer Planned Distribution (USD) Cash 1,046,195 Vouchers 1,575,600 Total for ,621,795 Actual Distribution (USD) % Actual v. Planned

9 'Story Worth Telling' Falmata, mother of five, fled her home in Fotokol after the village turned into a war zone between Boko haram and the government. In a few days, the whole town was emptied of its population. Along with thousands of other families, they sought refuge in the town of Kousseri, located in Cameroon close to the Chadian border. Falmata's life was completely turned upside down. In Kousseri, the community provided the family with some food and a floor to sleep on, but as the lean season approached, the hosting community barely had enough food to provide for themselves. Falmata was forced to turn to begging to feed her children. This is where WFP stepped in, providing monthly rations of rice, oil, pulses and salt as part of food assistance to over 10,000 IDPs in Kousseri. Some local families also received support to relieve the pressure of hosting additional members in their homes "I am so grateful for the help we received," said Falmata, "I can now provide daily meals for my children without having to go begging for food". Falmata and her family are amongst the 80,000 IDPs who received food support in the Far North region this year. Progress Towards Gender Equality In the Diffa region, regular assessments were conducted using qualitative and quantitative tools. During group and individual interviews, problems and concerns were raised regarding gender, age, cultural background and legal status. Among these, post distribution monitoring (PDM) assessments focused on needs, ration size and utilization to adapt ongoing projects and inform future project design. The distribution monitoring (DM) noted that in Diffa, 3/4 of the 79 sites visited had a medium available to record the number of participants by gender. The Joint Assessment Mission (JAM) conducted by UNHCR, WFP and the Government of Niger was an opportunity to assess the Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) approach compliance around food assistance. The assessment took into consideration cultural, religious and special needs in order to adapt on-going projects and complement future project design. In Chad, almost half of refugee and recently arrived IDP households are headed by women, and over two thirds of the members of these households are children and elderly. This situation is quite different from that in the food insecure local populations, where the demographic composition is more in line with national and regional tendencies. As a result refugee and IDP women played a significant role as members and leaders of food distribution committees, reaching established corporate targets at this level. Within the host community, on the other hand, women were less well represented in distribution committees and were less likely to have been trained by cooperating partners. In Cameroon, According to WFP monitoring results, 45 percent of women reported making decisions over the use of food in the household while 9 percent of men and women from the same household reported making joint decisions. Traditional power structures in the Far North remain a challenge for ensuring equal gender participation in decision making. However, WFP and partners made efforts to increase women's roles through community awareness-raising stressing the importance of equal participation. In order to improve women's control over food in the household, WFP ensured that women held a large proportion of decision-making seats in food distribution committees. The proportion of female headed households reported making decisions indicated a decrease from the baseline value. This could be related to the fact that a large number of new refugees arrived through the year, and thus the beneficiary groups surveyed were slightly different. WFP also encouraged men to participate in nutrition and health education sessions and raised the awareness of traditional leaders on nutrition-sensitive issues. Cross-cutting Indicators Cameroon Proportion of households where females and males together make decisions over the use of cash, 2voucher or food Project end Target Target Val Base Value (at start of project or benchmark) Previous (penultimate follow-up) Latest (latest value measured) Base value: Dec-2014, WFP monitoring, Programme monitoring. Previous : Apr-2015, PDM, Programme monitoring. Latest : Dec-2015, PDM, Programme monitoring Proportion of households where females make decisions over the use of cash, voucher or food Base value: Dec-2014, WFP monitoring, Programme monitoring. Previous : Apr-2015, PDM, Programme monitoring. Latest : Dec-2015, PDM, Programme monitoring Proportion of households where males make decisions over the use of cash, voucher or food Base value: Dec-2014, WFP monitoring, Programme monitoring. Previous : Apr-2015, PDM, Programme monitoring. Latest : Dec-2015, PDM, Programme monitoring

10 Cross-cutting Indicators 2Proportion of women beneficiaries in leadership positions of project management committees Project end Target Target Val Base Value (at start of project or benchmark) Previous (penultimate follow-up) Latest (latest value measured) Base value: Dec-2014, WFP monitoring, Programme monitoring. Previous : Apr-2015, PDM, Programme monitoring. Latest : Dec-2015, PDM, Programme monitoring Proportion of women project management committee members trained on modalities of food, cash, or voucher distribution Base value: Dec-2014, WFP monitoring, Programme monitoring. Previous : Apr-2015, PDM, Programme monitoring. Latest : Dec-2015, PDM, Programme monitoring Niger Proportion of households where females and males together make decisions over the use of cash, 2voucher or food Base value: Jun-2015, PDM Diffa, Programme monitoring. Latest : Nov-2015, PDM Renforce Diffa, WFP survey Proportion of households where females make decisions over the use of cash, voucher or food Base value: Jun-2015, PDM Diffa, Programme monitoring. Latest : Nov-2015, PDM Renforce Diffa, WFP survey Proportion of households where males make decisions over the use of cash, voucher or food Base value: Jun-2015, PDM Diffa, Programme monitoring. Latest : Nov-2015, PDM Renforce Diffa, WFP survey Proportion of women beneficiaries in leadership positions of project management committees Base value: Programme monitoring. Latest : Dec-2015, Compilation checklits, Secondary data Chad Proportion of households where females and males together make decisions over the use of cash, 2voucher or food Latest : Nov-2015, Third Party Monitoring November 2015 BCM Questionnaire, WFP survey Proportion of households where females and males together make decisions over the use of cash, voucher or food Latest : Nov-2015, WFP Monitoring November 2015 BCM Questionnaire, WFP survey Proportion of households where females make decisions over the use of cash, voucher or food Latest : Nov-2015, Third Party Monitoring November 2015 BCM Questionnaire, Programme monitoring Proportion of households where females make decisions over the use of cash, voucher or food Latest : Nov-2015, Third Party Monitoring November 2015 BCM Questionnaire, Programme monitoring Proportion of households where females make decisions over the use of cash, voucher or food Latest : Nov-2015, Third Party Monitoring November 2015 BCM Questionnaire, WFP survey Proportion of households where females make decisions over the use of cash, voucher or food Latest : Nov-2015, WFP Monitoring November 2015 BCM Questionnaire, WFP survey Proportion of households where males make decisions over the use of cash, voucher or food Latest : Nov-2015, Third Party Monitoring November 2015 BCM Questionnaire, Programme monitoring Proportion of households where males make decisions over the use of cash, voucher or food Latest : Nov-2015, WFP Monitoring November 2015 BCM Questionnaire, WFP survey Proportion of households where males make decisions over the use of cash, voucher or food Latest : Nov-2015, WFP survey Proportion of women beneficiaries in leadership positions of project management committees Latest : Nov-2015, Third Party Monitoring November 2015 FGD Checklist, Programme monitoring Proportion of women beneficiaries in leadership positions of project management committees Latest : Nov-2015, Third Party Monitoring November 2015 FGD Checklist, WFP survey Proportion of women beneficiaries in leadership positions of project management committees Latest : Nov-2015, Third Party Monitoring November 2015 FGD Checklist, WFP survey Proportion of women project management committee members trained on modalities of food, cash, or voucher distribution Latest : Nov-2015, Third Party Monitoring November 2015 FGD Checklist, WFP survey Proportion of women project management committee members trained on modalities of food, cash, or voucher distribution Latest : Nov-2015, Third Party Monitoring November 2015 FGD Checklist, WFP survey Proportion of women project management committee members trained on modalities of food, cash, or voucher distribution

11 Cross-cutting Indicators Project end Target Target Val Base Value (at start of project or benchmark) Previous (penultimate follow-up) Latest (latest value measured) Latest : Nov-2015, Third Party Monitoring November 2015 FGD Checklist, WFP survey Protection and Accountability to Affected Populations The Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) approach is incorporated in the project design and implementation for equality and protection measures. Throughout the Lac Chad Region, security measures were put into place during distributions that ensured beneficiaries' safe access to food assistance and emergency assistance. Within the camp setting in the Diffa region, UNHCR set up refugee committees that addressed refugee concerns, contributed to the daily management of the camps and participated in coordination meetings with the camp manager ACTED and the UN agencies, including WFP. For populations outside of the camp settings, WFP strengthened the interagency coordination of field missions with implementing partners and the government. For out of camp populations WFP put in place security measures at the distribution sites to provide protection to the beneficiaries. In areas close to the Nigerian border, distribution sites were located further away to increase protection measures to the populations. In Chad, despite the very tense security situation in the Lac region, where refugee and IDP beneficiary households are located, beneficiaries did not report any major safety problems going to, returning from, or in the actual distribution sites. On distribution sites, security area and crowd control and individual search measures were put into place with the support of police forces and beneficiaries security committees. Nevertheless, WFP and its partners need to increase their efforts to ensure that refugee and IDP households are better informed about the programme, in line with the positive results that have been obtained amongst local populations. In 2016, these efforts will focus in particular on recently displaced households, which are clearly less well informed about key elements such as ration composition, the reasons why their households receive assistance, and where and to whom complaints should be addressed. In Cameroon, in order to secure distribution sites, WFP put in place special operating procedures to better manage large crowds and conducted systematic search of individuals entering the areas. The government ensured safety and security during food distributions and feedback mechanisms were established by implementing partners at distribution sites to ensure accountability towards beneficiaries. Community volunteers also participated in post distribution sessions where they had a chance to express their views of the assistance received. Cross-cutting Indicators Cameroon Proportion of assisted people (men) informed about the programme (who is included, what people will 2receive, where people can complain) Project end Target Base Value (at start of project or benchmark) Previous (penultimate follow-up) Latest (latest value measured) Base value: Dec-2014, WFP monitoring, Programme monitoring. Previous : Apr-2015, PDM, Programme monitoring. Latest : Dec-2015, PDM, Programme monitoring Proportion of assisted people (men) who do not experience safety problems travelling to/from and at WFP programme sites Base value: Dec-2014, WFP monitoring, Programme monitoring. Previous : Apr-2015, PDM, Programme monitoring. Latest : Dec-2015, PDM, Programme monitoring Proportion of assisted people (women) informed about the programme (who is included, what people will receive, where people can complain) Base value: Dec-2014, WFP monitoring, Programme monitoring. Previous : Apr-2015, PDM, Programme monitoring. Latest : Dec-2015, PDM, Programme monitoring Proportion of assisted people (women) who do not experience safety problems travelling to/from and at WFP programme sites Base value: Dec-2015, WFP monitoring, Programme monitoring. Previous : Apr-2015, PDM, Programme monitoring. Latest : Dec-2015, PDM, Programme monitoring Niger Proportion of assisted people (men) informed about the programme (who is included, what people will 2receive, where people can complain) Base value: Jun-2015, PDM Diffa, Programme monitoring. Latest : Nov-2015, PDM Renforce Diffa, WFP survey Proportion of assisted people (men) who do not experience safety problems travelling to/from and at WFP programme sites Base value: Jun-2015, PDM Diffa, Programme monitoring. Latest : Nov-2015, PDM Renforce Diffa, WFP survey

12 Cross-cutting Indicators Proportion of assisted people (women) informed about the programme (who is included, what people 2will receive, where people can complain) Project end Target Base Value (at start of project or benchmark) Previous (penultimate follow-up) Latest (latest value measured) Base value: Jun-2015, PDM Diffa, Programme monitoring. Latest : Nov-2015, PDM Renforce Diffa, WFP survey Proportion of assisted people (women) who do not experience safety problems travelling to/from and at WFP programme sites Base value: Jun-2015, PDM Diffa, Programme monitoring. Latest : Nov-2015, PDM Renforce Diffa, WFP survey Chad Proportion of assisted people informed about the programme (who is included, what people will 2receive, where people can complain) Latest : Nov-2015, Third Party Monitoring November 2015 BCM Questionnaire, WFP survey Proportion of assisted people informed about the programme (who is included, what people will receive, where people can complain) Latest : Nov-2015, Third Party Monitoring November 2015 BCM Questionnaire, WFP survey Proportion of assisted people informed about the programme (who is included, what people will receive, where people can complain) Latest : Nov-2015, WFP Monitoring November 2015 BCM Questionnaire, WFP survey Proportion of assisted people (men) informed about the programme (who is included, what people will receive, where people can complain) Latest : Nov-2015, Third Party Monitoring November 2015 BCM Questionnaire, WFP survey Proportion of assisted people (men) informed about the programme (who is included, what people will receive, where people can complain) Latest : Nov-2015, Third Party Monitoring November 2015 BCM Questionnaire, WFP survey Proportion of assisted people (men) informed about the programme (who is included, what people will receive, where people can complain) Latest : Nov-2015, WFP Monitoring November 2015 BCM Questionnaire, WFP survey Proportion of assisted people (men) who do not experience safety problems travelling to/from and at WFP programme sites Latest : Nov-2015, Third Party Monitoring November 2015 BCM Questionnaire, Programme monitoring Proportion of assisted people (men) who do not experience safety problems travelling to/from and at WFP programme sites Latest : Nov-2015, Third Party Monitoring November 2015 BCM Questionnaire, Programme monitoring Proportion of assisted people (men) who do not experience safety problems travelling to/from and at WFP programme sites Latest : Nov-2015, WFP Monitoring November 2015 BCM Questionnaire, Programme monitoring Proportion of assisted people who do not experience safety problems travelling to/from and at WFP programme sites Latest : Nov-2015, GD-Food Third Party Monitoring November 2015 BCM Questionnaire, WFP survey Proportion of assisted people who do not experience safety problems travelling to/from and at WFP programme sites Latest : Nov-2015, Third Party Monitoring November 2015 BCM Questionnaire, WFP survey Proportion of assisted people who do not experience safety problems travelling to/from and at WFP programme sites Latest : Nov-2015, WFP Monitoring November 2015 BCM Questionnaire, WFP survey Proportion of assisted people (women) informed about the programme (who is included, what people will receive, where people can complain) Latest : Nov-2015, Third Party Monitoring November 2015 BCM Questionnaire, WFP survey Proportion of assisted people (women) informed about the programme (who is included, what people will receive, where people can complain) Latest : Nov-2015, Third Party Monitoring November 2015 BCM Questionnaire, WFP survey Proportion of assisted people (women) informed about the programme (who is included, what people will receive, where people can complain) Latest : Nov-2015, WFP Monitoring November 2015 BCM Questionnaire, WFP survey Proportion of assisted people (women) who do not experience safety problems travelling to/from and at WFP programme sites Latest : Nov-2015, Third Party Monitoring November 2015 BCM Questionnaire, WFP survey Proportion of assisted people (women) who do not experience safety problems travelling to/from and at WFP programme sites Latest : Nov-2015, Third Party Monitoring November 2015 BCM Questionnaire, WFP survey

13 Cross-cutting Indicators Proportion of assisted people (women) who do not experience safety problems travelling to/from and 2at WFP programme sites Outputs Project end Target Although no major incidents affecting WFP programmes were reported in 2015, insecurity in the region and constant attacks by Boko Haram within Niger caused some delays and for some operations to be put on hold or canceled, especially after major attacks in February. Further, all FFA activities that had started in February were cancelled and replaced by unconditional support. WFP conducted four food basket monitoring (FBM) and distribution monitoring (DM) exercises, to collect relevant operational information as well as to help monitor key indicators. Results showed improvements following each round of distributions, on participation in awareness sessions and cooking demonstrations, screening, complaints committees and management of distribution centers. It was noted in the DM that during the organization of distributions more women had participated in the organization than men and both WFP and donor visibility efforts were greatly enhanced. This is also due to the fact that, although the awareness sessions targeted all beneficiaries, they were of particular interest for women. In Chad, as the market could not respond to increased demand due to insecurity and border closure, the assistance was thus provided in the form of commodities, leaving open the possibility of moving to voucher-based assistance once markets had stabilized. As a result of this, commodity-based assistance was provided to refugees and out of camp populations though 15 day and 30 day GFD ration, during Though most Nigerian refugees have been reached since January 2015, a significant proportion of IDP beneficiaries have only been reached since November This is mainly due to the intensification of the conflict in the Lac and border area from July 2015 onwards, which led to a rapid increase in internal displacements of local populations in August through October. Other contributing factors included difficulties encountered in determining the actual number of IDPs and the sites where they were located, due to continued movements between the various spontaneous settlements, and the fact that IDPs were located in areas where access was previously restricted due to security concerns. Local populations in neighboring regions affected by food insecurity resulting from the Nigeria crisis were supported over the October to December period, but assistance was slower than planned as a result of the above mentioned pipeline delays and due to the difficulties associated to finding operational partners in the targeted areas. Cooperating partners that were identified received financial and technical support from WFP as well as training on operational modalities. In Cameroon, WFP provided monthly food support to all refugees in Minawao camp through the year, scaling up over time to meet the needs as more refugees arrived. Resourcing, insecurity, and access constraints remained important challenges for reaching out to the targeted IDPs and host populations. Nevertheless, WFP managed to scale up assistance to all targeted beneficiaries, gradually expanding to new areas as access was secured following government's massive counter-insurgency against Boko Haram. The BSFP provided all children between 6-59 months and PLW in the Minawao camp with monthly rations of nutrient-rich and fortified commodities. Regular screening procedures ensured early detection and referral of malnourished beneficiaries. Along with the improvement in the nutritional status of beneficiaries in the camp, BSFP was revised from initially targeting children 6-59 months and PLW to children 6-23 months only. Base Value (at start of project or benchmark) Previous (penultimate follow-up) Latest (latest value measured) Latest : Nov-2015, WFP Monitoring November 2015 BCM Questionnaire, WFP survey Under TSFP, WFP delivered food supplements to health centres working in partnership with regional health delegations and NGOs to treat MAM in children under 5 and PLW. MAM treatment programs were carried out in synergy with UNICEF SAM treatment activities. Despite major access challenges, WFP managed to reach 186 out of the 198 health facilities planned. Active community outreach activities ensured support to beneficiaries in remote locations, including areas where health facilities closed down due to insecurity. TSFP interventions were accompanied by behavioral change and educational activities on nutrition. Specific attention was given to promoting appropriate infant and young child feeding practices.

14 Cameroon SO 1: Nutrition: Treatment of Acute Malnutrition Output Unit Planned Actual % Actual vs. Planned Number of health centres/sites assisted centre/site % Proportion of men exposed to nutrition messaging supported by WFP against proportion planned % % Proportion of men receiving nutrition counseling supported by WFP against proportion planned % % Proportion of women exposed to nutrition messaging supported by WFP against proportion planned % % Proportion of women receiving nutrition counseling supported by WFP against proportion planned % % Niger SO 1: GFD C&V: Total monetary value of cash vouchers distributed US$ 1,205, % Energy content of food distributed (kcal/person/day) kcal/person/day 2,190 2, % SO 1: Nutrition: Prevention of Acute Malnutrition Energy content of food distributed (kcal/person/day) kcal/person/day % SO 1: Nutrition: Treatment of Acute Malnutrition Energy content of food distributed (kcal/person/day) kcal/person/day % Chad SO 1: Capacity Development: Strengthening National Capacities GFD: Number of female government/national partner staff receiving technical assistance and training individual monitoring GFD: Number of male government/national partner staff receiving technical assistance and training individual monitoring SO 1: GFD C&V: Number of beneficiaries receiving a combination of cash transfers and food Individual 25,000 72, % IDPs C&V: Number of beneficiaries receiving a combination of cash transfers and food Individual 15,000 5, % Refugees C&V: Number of beneficiaries receiving a combination of cash transfers and food Individual 140,000 85, % Seasonal Asssistance

15 Outcomes In Niger, WFP conducted two rounds of PDM assessments in July and September 2015 to evaluate the effect of WFP's response on beneficiaries in the Diffa region. The PDMs were conducted for in-and-out of camp populations under the lean season response of WFP's PRRO programme. PDM results showed that the regularity of food assistance helped stabilize the level of food consumption and limit the use of negative coping strategies. Households receiving food assistance had very limited dietary diversity for two main reasons: the first baseline survey was held just before the start of military operations and the establishment of the state of emergency in the region greatly affected the markets in certain areas; and secondly, the ration sharing out of solidarity with the host populations. However, PDM results showed positive developments: the percentage of households not consuming more than three food groups reduced from 55% to 27%. Furthermore, the PDM showed that beneficiaries' participation, coverage and sensitisation sessions for BSFP were acceptable. MAM performance rates of the CRENAM in Sayam Forage camp are within the SPHERE standard, with 100% recovery rate. Certainly, these factors positively influenced the real-time monitoring system during distributions, the monitoring strategy during coordination meetings and communication. Also, the emergency preparedness capacity index indicates an acceptable level on a scale of 4, reflecting government efforts as well as partners in supporting WFP's response to the crisis in the Diffa region. In December 2015, the mvam survey (data collection by mobile phone) interviewed over 300 beneficiaries. Results indicated that only 2 percent reported poor food consumption, 61 percent with limited food consumption, while 15 percent have an acceptable food consumption score. The proportion who resorted to negative coping strategies amounted to 36 pecent (in June 2015, 76 percent reported a negative coping strategy). It is also worth mentioning that 90 percent of households are generally satisfied with services provided by WFP. Since WFP and its governmental partners carried out an Emergency Food Security assessment in the Lac region and western Sahel, in March 2015, the food security situation of Nigerian refugees in Dar el Salam Camp in Chad has significantly improved. As per the results of the latest WFP monitoring exercise carried out in November 2015, the proportion of households with a poor food consumption score was reduced by a third, dietary diversity almost doubled and the recourse to negative coping strategies was reduced amongst beneficiary households of this target group. The reduction in food insecurity levels is not as impressive amongst recently displaced populations, which in most cases only received food assistance during the latter part of Despite significant improvements in food consumption levels and dietary diversity, internally-displaced households, and particularly female-headed households within this group, are increasingly using negative coping strategies. According to the November 2015 National Food Security Assessment (NSA), the western part of the Sahel including Chad - Lac, Bahr el Gazal and Kanem regions -experienced a decline in agricultural production, unfavorable livestock-cereal terms of trade, and an extension of the lean season. These factors severely impacted the food and nutrition status of local populations in these areas. This situation also affected food insecure Chadian populations targeted under this operation and resulted in less than expected improvement in food consumption scores. However, WFP's intervention towards the end of the lean season has contributed to a significant reduction in the use of coping strategies such as borrowing food and reducing the number of meals consumed.

16 In Cameroon, monthly GFD ensured immediate food access and nutritious consumption of refugees, IDPs and host populations. The food security and nutrition situation in the region deteriorated significantly in 2015 following a prolonged lean season and persisting insecurity due to Boko Haram attacks. According to WFPs emergency food security assessment (EFSA), the number of food insecure people in the targeted areas went up from 23 percent in June to 38.9 percent in September. These generally deteriorating conditions explain the decrease in the number of persons with an acceptable Food Consumption Score (FCS), especially with regards to local populations as revealed by the PDM December Nutrition programmes implemented at scale and along other partner activities, succeeded in improving the nutrition situation in the Minawao camp. Monthly screening data indicated a decrease in the prevalence of Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) from 13.3 percent GAM reported in early 2015 to 7 percent GAM registered amongst beneficiaries in December On the other hand, the nutrition situation outside the camp remains critical. The 2015 SMART survey revealed a further deterioration nutrition situation in the region with MAM rates registered at 13.9 percent and SAM at 2.2 percent. In this context, WFP will put special emphasis on prevention programmes for IDPs and host populations in Annual TSFP performance indicators reported slightly lower results compared to June 2015, though an overall improvement was noticed compared to rates registered in the beginning of the year. The mortality rate remained at 0. The default rate obtained in December 2015 was slightly higher compared to that of June and below the acceptable sphere standard. This is mainly related to occasional pipeline breaks registered in health centers as a result of the deteriorating security situation in the Far North, which significantly restrained access to basic health services. Likewise the recovery rate decreased from 77 percent in June to 73 percent in December The non-response rate remained at an acceptable level. In Nigeria, WFP deployed specialized personnel to work with NEMA and SEMA to review nutrition concepts including food basket planning and nutritious foods. WFP worked with the agencies to improve commodity tracking, organization of distributions, warehouse storage and management, and delivery planning. Furthermore, WFP played a key role in raising the profile and understanding of the alarming food security situation in the North thanks to the roll out of the Cadre Harmonise (regional phase classification tool). WFP has also trained on food security analysis and assessment trainings and co-led a series of rapid assessments, providing an opportunity to collect data and train NEMA on-the-job. And lastly, in November 2015, WFP received Government authorization to launch mvam (mobile Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping), which will begin in January S Project end Target Base Value Previous Latest Outcome SCameroon (at start of project or benchmark) (penultimate follow-up) (latest value measured) SStrategic Objective 1: Save lives and protect livelihoods in emergencies 21 Diet Diversity Score Base value: Dec-2014, WFP monitoring, Programme monitoring. Previous : Jun-2015, ERSA, WFP survey. Latest : Dec-2015, PDM, Programme monitoring Diet Diversity Score Base value: Dec-2014, WFP monitoring, Programme monitoring. Previous : Jun-2015, ERSA, WFP survey. Latest : Dec-2015, PDM, Programme monitoring Diet Diversity Score (female-headed households) Base value: Dec-2014, WFP monitoring, Programme monitoring. Previous : Jun-2015, ERSA, WFP survey. Latest : Dec-2015, PDM, Programme monitoring Diet Diversity Score (female-headed households) Base value: Dec-2014, WFP monitoring, Programme monitoring. Previous : Jun-2015, ERSA, WFP survey. Latest : Dec-2015, PDM, Programme monitoring Diet Diversity Score (male-headed households) Base value: Dec-2014, Programme monitoring. Previous : Jun-2015, ERSA, WFP survey. Latest : Dec-2015, PDM, Programme monitoring Diet Diversity Score (male-headed households) Base value: Dec-2014, WFP monitoring, Programme monitoring. Previous : Jun-2015, ERSA, Programme monitoring. Latest : Dec-2015, PDM, Programme monitoring FCS: percentage of households with acceptable Food Consumption Score Base value: Dec-2014, Programme monitoring. Previous : Jun-2015, ERSA, WFP survey. Latest : Dec-2015, PDM, Programme monitoring FCS: percentage of households with acceptable Food Consumption Score Base value: Dec-2014, Programme monitoring. Previous : Jun-2015, ERSA, WFP survey. Latest : Dec-2015, PDM, Programme monitoring FCS: percentage of households with acceptable Food Consumption Score (female-headed) Base value: Dec-2014, Programme monitoring. Previous : Jun-2015, ERSA, WFP survey. Latest : Dec-2015, PDM, Programme monitoring